The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-30 00:00:00

lONEY MARKET AND COMMXRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK. The demand for monetary accommodation still continues very active, and 6 per cent. is in most instances the general quotation in the open market for first class short dated securities. The increased inquiry now experienced is considered to be only of a temporary nature, and when provision has been made for the settlement at the Stock Exchange, and all payments have been completed in connection With the revenue account, it was thought that the market would assume an easier appearance, A sudden and unfavourable ehange has, however, taken place in the Paris exchanges, and as the alteration will admit of gold being sent to France from this cou ntr y, th e ex p e ctati o n of a reduction in the official quotation is now remote. About £60,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for exportation to the continent. There was no material alteration in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed April 4 a special settling day in the shares of the Gellivara Company and the British and Californian Banking Company, both of which are to be officially marked. Two o'CLocx. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 65f. 80o.; Reavy. It was unanimously agreed to-day at a special meeting to change the name of the Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Packet Company to the Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company. At the first ordinary meeting to-day of the Lon don and South American Bank—Mr. W. C. %Tones in the chair—the report, recommending an amal gamation with the Mexican Bank, was adopted. A dividend of 6s. per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, was also agreed to. Very little movement has occurred to-day in the Market for English Funds, which have continued inactive. Consols are 911 1 for transfer, and 911 1 for the account. Speculation is exceedingly limited, and there is scarcely any demand for stock on behalf of the investing public. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are quoted 891 ; Exchequer Bills, Bs. to 3s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 104 ; and the Debentures, 991 I-. In the Foreign Market there is not much anima nation, and prices are tolerably steady. Turkish 6 Per Cants., 1862, are 711 1 ; do. Consolides, 531 54; Greek, 231 24; Spanish Passive, 351 361 ; Mexican, 44 : 8 ; Portuguese, 481 d ; Italian, 66167; and the Confederate Loan, 53 55. In the Railway Share Market to-day there has been very little animation, the dealers and specula tors being occupied with the adjustment of the accounts. Prices, however, generally exhibit more firmness. South Western, North Eastern (Ben- Wick), Lancashire, and Yorkshire, and Great Eastern have improved about ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been Without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous shares have continued in fair request. London and County reedlise 601 1 ; European, 11 to 111; Metropolitan and Provincial, ; International Financial, 111 12 ; and Royal °lei' Steam were improved to 891. The current quotations for some of the principal new Projects are :—Credit Foncier, 5 to 51 prem. ; City Offices, 21 to 3 prem.; Queensland Sheep, I dia , to par; Thames Iron Company, 21 31 prem.; National Provincial Marine, 1 to 11 prem.; Central A rgentine Railway, to 1 prem.; London and Liverpool Hotel, 11 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. . G OVERNMENT FUNDS. a per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, April 8 per Cent. R e d uce d 4 evr 3 per Cent New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire gth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 80 yre, expire nth April, 188.5. Exchequer Bilis, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 3 die Ditto £500 Ditto £lOO and £200 Bank England Stk, 42 per Ct., last hf.-y; Shut INDILN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 218 Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account..... ..... .. ..., ) Ditto I per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do .:ertificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Cent Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 991 t Ditto Bonds !AMU — Ditto under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Atistrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 1859 Brazilian Ditto 5 per Cent D itto, 1889 and 1859.....- — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863. —. ~lleDitto Scrip, £55 paid — PM bi r, 41121 a, 6 per noe AyCenres 6 t. per Cent ` .. 1/41ailittu 6 per Cent. — _ Ditt o 4/ pei Cent — uolombian 6 Scrip £BO pd .... unto Account .... - u ttnish 3 per Cent., 1825 .., D itto Account .. 4 Vador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ~. Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863 .gYptian. 7 per Cent loo} Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 24 31 Ditto Account Ditto Coupons llt Ditto Account . Guatemala uatemala 5 per Cent. . It alian,.. 5 per Cent. ( lV laremmana Railway) oLoalean 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent I leve Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred ,Ditto Land W arran t s (Hectares) — i - urtivia n 41 per Cent .. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862 — _ D itto Account P ortugue se 8 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 481 Ditto Account Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid.... liassian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 4} per Cent.. 1850 .. Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent .. ... Ditto Account e S panish 3 per Cent Ditto Account WS - Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive . Ditto Account 36 431)Inish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — D itto Account 93a „,w edish, 4 per Ce n t — Tur kish 6 per Cent. 1854 D itto Account .. Ditto A per Cent. 1858 . , — 1./ itto Account — bi tto, SIOU Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 D itto Account Ditto £ lOO Bonds.. ..Ditto Guaratteed, 4 per Cent lOO Y _ibizuela 3 per Cent. ditto Account bitto 6 per Cent., 1862 — Ditto Account A Dividends on the above payable in Loud 4.4 li.t ri o, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. 1 1 slatx 4t per Cent., ut9h 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil D 64 it . itto 4 per Cent. Certificates 4 , 11 ma, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 661 7 -uitto Ac coun t p i,,, a p "ilontese 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f trUviau Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 911 Cousiole Mo ne TWO O'CLOCK. Ditt o April Account .. . 913/4 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Nue . 2 7 Q „, et quiet. Sales about 5,000 bales ; imp or t s , uul; reviously, :6,530. „,The l atest bulletin of the health of the King of fiwtnltetuburg states that, although his Maj esty is 111 weak, he breathes more freely, and had passed quiet night. brother ” Princ e of S c hl esw i g -H o l ste i n -Gl uc k s b uvg , fo r of the Ring of Denmark, has left Brussels • Uopenhapeu, having rece i ve d 4 4esp atch recall- I NC hi rq to the Danish capital. BEARE MARKETS This day. HAUI AND STOOti.S. Share itallwaye. Closing Business p r i oe . done. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A (A gets no diN Do. B till fp c.p an. ha, been paid to B. Dublin (t Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,ez Ab. Junc. !Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGlasg. and S. Western. I Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 Si 8i 83 f 5 118 1181 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian stl GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock DO B do Gt. S. an .1 W. of Irelaw Great Western Do Str Val gna. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 'London and i3lackwalt Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sw.th Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares • Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Irelanul Do. i shares Mid Keirt Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwics• Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do fork Do Carlisle North London Do New North StaTcrdshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoc Do Scot, Mid. stock Shrews. and Welolipoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun st aines, Wo k.,an d Wok. Stockton c¢ Darlington Do Do New, 1886 Taff Vale.. ..... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Jt Kilkenny West Cornwall. W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland •Oxford. Do Newport, Do Hereford, 61 7 BRITISH P, ttallwayb ttlantic & St Lawrenc ikan.,Baroda&.Cent Ini; Gu. syer cent... - . Do. New Do. E. Shares Buffalo and Lake Huron, Do. Preterunce 1 Bufialo,Brant,&Godrich p. at. bds. At4,Y. 1, 187:: Do. do. July 1, 187:: :)o. do. Juuc 1, la. lUlcutta.cv S. Eastn. (1.. Cape Town Dock Seri, Eastn. Bengal gu. t p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G . DO: do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. let Fret. Bonds.. Do. Go. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... GLlnchaPenfa.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. Do. Janu4ry, 18 . 52 .. South.of india(Lim ,uaranteed 5 per Dent. Gt. W. ot Canada Sharer Do. New ... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. sp. o. do. '77-8.. ~ Indian ranch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Dc. 4A do.. .. _ _ Do. Fifth Extension. I.elb.Corp. ri p. o. Bnds. 3lelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p.c. lortg. Bds. Newßrunswick at Quids Class A. and B. N.lll.C'da6 po Ist pt bds, Soinde .......... Do. Delhi— .......1 Do. do .... Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ , Do. Indus. St. Flo.) S all 100 • 'OLONIA.L GOV ERNMENI BEC LI NATI itS. - ,u.Gov. 6 p.c.J a &J uly - 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & AUL. 1(0 100 'O2 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 99 101 - Do.: p. 0. Jan.&July. 10, 88 90 - Do. 6 Inscribed stock 101 88 00 ..pe G. Hope, 6 p 6,1873 10, 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 10 , .; 110 112 Do. 1891 ill , 13 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10:) 109 111 - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 10u 112 114 - ;Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 - ;Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 158 110 - iN.B.Gov.6p.o.da.&Jul) 100 101 103 uo. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 - N, S.W. Gov. 5 p 16,t 10' 99 100 - Du. Lp. c.,18/1 to I,: t 100 99 10 , 1 99f - Do. d0.,1888 &upwco 101 99 100 99 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. - sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 - Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 - S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 103 111 Vic Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - - Da io 6 p•a. A.n.&Oct. • 100 1114 11241 111 l2 119_ BRITISH IIiIN ES. 2 ;;amoriau Consol. Gold 1 4 id hflora Amalgamated.. - 354 864 - Devon G. Cono., . "favist., 1 655 6 6 5 - East Bassett (Mogan). 30 70 75 - East Clogau Gold Ltd. - - - - East Caradon 1.14... 30 32 - East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 69 74 61 - E. ViT'l _Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 31 45 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 585 10 11 - Great South Tolgus l7s 34 4 - G. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 37 39 - Grenville . 84 9 134 - Her:A's-Foot 8.12 85 37 - ti in gston Downs B.O 4 44 - Lady Bertha - Margaret (t.Tny Lelant 11 19 21 - 51arke Valley.. 4 51 yndy Iron Ore (Lim , 24 15 9 - New Setun l9l 85 95 -• North Downs 2l 14 2 N.Wh'i Basset (Illoi.,an 3.1.0 2 24 - North Wheal Crotty - Par Consols (6t. Blaze) - - , Vrovidenee(Uny Lelnt.! 10.6.7 41 43 - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer, if 440 460 - S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. - - - S. Wheai Fran. (Mogan 18.15.9 50 55 - Stray Park 30.17.6 32 34 - rainar Silv.& Lead Min CM Crott 0 19 20 West Basset (Illogan). 14 :0 11 - %V C , radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 - West Sctou - Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 874 924 - Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 31 37 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - WhealLudcott - %V heal MaryAnnCLlen ) 8 134 144 - Wheal 3eton 584 190 200 - Wheal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 21 24 I - Wheal Union 3.17 24 2} PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4} per cent. pf., 98} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 101 100 London, Brighton, &c., 41 per cent., 1858, 1001 Vale of Neatn, 44 per cent., 201 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4h per Cent., 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 18 Great Luxembourg, 111 11 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 111 Sambre and Meuse, 8i San gua. 7 per cent., 81 8 Ditto (ad), 21} South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 21i FOREIGN MINES Cape Copper, lira., 121 1 Illariquita, I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance (llm.l. 521 Anglo Austrian, 6f Bank of utago, lira., 4 Bank of Queensland (lim), 201 English and Swedish, lim.. 131 Imperial Ottoman, 19} Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London Bank of Scotland, lira., 151 London and County. 591 London and South-Western (lira.), 15 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 271 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Inn., llf Union of Australia, Ditto, new, 321 Union of Ireland (lira.), 19 1 181 Union of London, 451 6 DOCKS. East and West India, 141} Victoria, 100 i 100 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-ifexican Mint, 21} Berlin Water ‘Vorks, Um.. Ceylon Company, 10} Commercial Union Insurance), 9} Contract Corporation. lim., 61 Credit Foncier,ol 101 Crystal Palace, Ditto, Preference, 112 f Discount Corporation, Egyptian Commercial and Trading, 11m., si Financial Corporation, 5f Gen. Credit and Fillarale of London, Urn., gi Hudson's Bay, 18; International Financial Society, 111 Joint •stock Discount, BIM, 6 i London Financial Association, lim,, -- Ditto, new, 15i Land Securities, iim., 41 aladras Irrigation and Cana., Ditto (a11),;21 Mercantile Credit Association, 131 Ditto, new, 4/ i:5/ Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lira., 21 National Discount Company, lira., 13 Peel River Land and Mineral, 45i North British and Mercantile Insurance, lira,, lgi Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 8 3 6 Ditto, new, 11 Royal Mail Steam, 83 Scottish Australian Investment, lim., 143 i 'Dianna and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira,, 35 37 16 17 90 92 101 106 463 174 ei 7i 128 529 129 130 130 132 91 93 85 e 6 1(81 1091 67 C 9 1034 Mi l 421 434 108} 1081 974 984 544 bsj 113 114 127! 124 97 99 521 63i 24 26 101 1014 55i 6Fi 87} 58} 128 131 14 24 p 78 79 11,/11% 124 126 41 43 98 100 63 64 34 36 91/ 91/ 99 101 Si 9i 37 38 9i 10 74 8 4 163 166 5 7 3 4 p 93 96 22 24 ,SIONS. Closing Price. 58 60 104 104 p 1 p p 1 5i 6 p 7a 8i 10t 1(3 102 104 105 106 104} 104} P 2, 19 20 P 74 16 58 62 66 68 51 b 3 48 50 40 (2 25 27 22 15 103 104 I 1 102 1031 91 91 11* lo*. 92 94 83 86 ;P 1u )03 97 .9 92 94 55 58 3 6 82 84 103} 1044 1014 1024 iP 1024 1034 97 99 .3.14.1 han luu slc 1 W stock itock stock 4took stook stook ,hook 4 took 4tock Muck stock S'OCk 47 1 65; 109 f 8f 68 1031 1081 I 114} 13h 123 100 all all all all 100 100 100 16.13.4 Paid. Business dons 100 100 100 100 100 100 tut., all all all all 1041 1031 2 / 1021 1 i 2 all 100 (100 1 100 THE SVN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 18M. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day, BOW-STREET. INFRINGING THE REFRESHMENT HOUSE ACT.—John James Weedy appeared to answer a summons taken out against him at the instance of the Excise for keeping an tualicensed refreshment house. Mr. Dwelley, the solicitor to the Excise Office, said the defendant kept a refreshment house, No. 249, Pentonville road, and he should prove that on the 29th of February, he supplied certain refreshments after the hour laid down in the act for the closing of unlicensed refreshment houses. John Chapel, an officer in the Excise, said on Feb. 29 he was passing the chop-house kept by the defendant in Pentonville-road, and seeing some mutton chops in the window he went and asked to be served with one, and also some tea and bread and butter. It was at about half past 10 at night, and as the house was unlicensed it ought to have closed at nine o'clock. _ _ Defendant—When you came in did I not tell you the fire was out ? Witness--Yes, but you afterwards said there was enough remaining, and the chop was cooked and served. You had previously brought me the tea, bread, and butter. Defendant—l took the licence out three days after, viz., on the Od of March, and at the time I served the officer I did not know I was doing wrong. Mr. Dwelley said he believed the defendant had been cautioned previous to information being taken out about his mode of carrying on his business. The defendant—l don't deny that I served the officer, but at the time I told him the fire was going out, and I was just closing. Mr. Vaughan—That is, in fact, pleading guilty. All I have to do is to administer the law. The act sets down the fine for keeping an unlicensed refreshment house at £2O, but power is given to the magistrate to mitigate the amount, and I therefore fine you £5 for the infringement of the act, which you have done. You can memorialise the Excise Commissioners fur a reduction of the penalty, but I have no power to inflict a lower fine than I have done. A,IMER►ICA.. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) (Per the City of New York.) NEW YORK, March 19. Despatches from the army of the Potomac report all quiet at the front. It is rumoured that the rebel General, Stuart, with 5,000 cavalry crossed the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg, on the 17th, for the purpose of making a raid in the rear of Gen. Heade's army, or possibly to make a dash at Wash ington. No confirmation of this report has been -received ; the opinion, however, prevails in military circles that Gen. Lee will soon make a formidable demonstration, either against Ger. Meade, in force, or against Washington by attempting to get in the rear of Gen. Meade's army. Gen. Grant having assumed command of all the armies of the United States, has announced that his headquarters, for the present, will be with the Army of the Potomac. The Washington correspondent of the New York World states that it is generally understood that the first object of Gen. Grant, in the approaching campaign, is a blow against the rebel capital. It is positively asserted by most of the New York and Washington papers that Gen. Meade will soon be superseded in the command of the Army of the Potomac by Gen. W. F. Smith. A rumour is gloat that Ervill's entire corps is moving into the Shenandoah Valley, but the reports of Federal scouting parties announce no such movement. A despatch from Charlestown, West Virginia, reports that on the 16th inst. a rebel force 1,500 strong was within 15 miles of Gnyandotte, threatening Barbourville. A strong Union force was sent to oppose them. Chattanooga despatches of the 15th instant an nounco that the rebels were moving their artillery from Dalton towards Ringgold, and their cavalry had picketed Taylor's Gap. They have a heavy force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and their present movements indicate that they will assume the offensive. A concentration of their forces for this purpose is believed to be in progress. An officer of the army at Chattanooga writes that the Federal army cannot remain in that posi tion when the hot weather begins, on account of the stench arising from an immense number of dead horses and males, which have died of starvation during the winter. The country around Chatta nooga, for miles, is strewed with decaying care cases, estimated to number at least 50,000. Richmond papers assert that the recent advance of the Federal forces under General Palmer against Dalton, was made in supposition that the Confede rate army at that point had been greatly depleted to reinforce General Polk. The rebel cavalry force under Forrest, Lee, and Chalmers, after repulsing the expedition of Generals Smith and Grierson, are said to have concentrated, and moved rapidly to join'the main army of General Polk. A mutiny is reported to have occurred among the garrison at Fort Morgan, Mobile. The mutineers proposed surrendering the fort to the Federal fleet, but their plot was discovered, and 30 of them were shot, after trial by court-martial. Admiral Farragut has withdrawn his fleet from before Mobile. The Richmond Examiner of the 14th inst., states that firing was still kept up against Charleston, but no more casualties were reported. Unusual activity in the Federal fleet at Folly inlet, on the 13th. It is reported that General Gilmore's chief of Staff stated before the committee on the conduct of the war at Washington on the 17th, that the lower portion of Charleston has been nearly destroyed by the Federal fire, and that only the upper portion of the city was occupied by rebel troops. Southern accounts make no mention of such results. Another ironclad is said to have3been completed by the rebels at Charleston, and a naval attack on the Federal fleet was by no means thought im probable. The rebels are reported to be concentrating a heavy force under General Pickett in North Caro lina, either with a view of attacking Norfolk or Newburn, or to oppose any Federal force that might be sent from either of those points up the south side of the James River against Richmond. _ _ Guerilla bands are forming in several counties in Kentucky, for the purpose of obstructing the navi gation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers ; and a number of arrests were made at Hickman of men who were organising themselves into companies to join the rebel army. _ J _ Great excitement prevails, and it is feared that there exists a formidable conspiracy against the Federal Government. Despatches from the south-west announce that a desperate fight had taken place near Yazoo City, and it was reported that three Federal regiments had been captured, the 11th Illinois and two Louisiana negro regimets. This force, under com mand of Colonel Coates, was sent up the Yazoo River on steamboats, with instructions to menace the rebels in the neighbourhood of Yazoo City, in order to effect a diversion in favour of the Sherman expedition. Colonel Coates captured and occupied Yazoo City. The transports were then loaded with cotton and sent to Vicksburg, with instructions to return in ten days with a supply of provisions and forage. After the boats were fairly beyond recall, the rebels, in overwhelming numbers, bore down upon Colonel Coates, who, after a severe but brief fight, was forced to surrender his entire command, escape being impossible. This report lacks confir mation, but is generally believed. Another report of the same affair states that daring the fight some Federal gunboats came up and drove the rebels off. Admiral Porter's fleet is said to have captured the town of Harrisonville, on Red River ; also a rebel fort on the Wachita. A portion of the marine brigade surprised a rebel camp near Port Gibson, and captured 47 prisoners, The rebels are said to be preparing to attack the contraband camp opposite Vicksburg. The negro troops at Waterproof are reported to have commit ted many outrages, and it was feared that any of them who fell into the hands of the rebels would be very severely dealt wish. MARLBOROUGH-STREET, A PROSECUTOR AND HIS WITNESS REFUSED THEIR EXPENSES.—Susan Leonard, a dirty miserable looking woman, was charged befor Mr Arnold with stealing a can of milk, the value of the can and milk being I6s It appears that Mr W. Griffin, dairyman, of 11, Little Windmill-street, is in the habit of leaving a can of milk every evening at the door of Mr Birch, milkman, 2, South row, and about a quarter to 7 this morning a female saw the prisoner take up the can and milk and walk off with it. She then gave information to Mr Birch, and he went after the prisoner and gave her into custody, the prisoner refus ing to give up the can an•i milk, stating they were her own property, and that she was gong to serve her customers. In answer to Mr Arnold, Mr Griffin and Mr Birch said that the can of milk was left at the door of Mr Birch every morning between 6 and 7, the house bell being rung to let Mr Birch know that it was there, but no one being in charge of it, and it appeared that this morning it was left for three-quarters of an hour unprotected. Aldridge, 205 U, said the prisoner was quite sober at the time. The prisoner had nothing to say in answer to the charge. Mr Arnold committed her for trial, and said that the female who had given Mr Birch information should have her expenses, but neither Mr. Birch nor Mr. Griffin. They had acted very foolishly, and in a most incautious manner. Mr Griffin asked the magistrate whether he could not deal with the case. Mr Arnold said he could not, It was to give the prose cutor and his witness the inconvenience—for leaving their property in such an exposed manner, and placing tempta tion in the way of persons—that he sent the case to the sessions, The prisoner was then committed for trial. WESTMINSTER. A SURGEON CHARGED WITH THREATENING HIS WIFE. —Mr. Joseph Lanoashear, a surgeon, of No, 1, Park-road, West Brornpton, was charged with using threatening lan guage to his wife. Mrs. Lancashear said that on the 28th inst. her husband came home drunk and commenced a volley of abuse at her and everybody he met. He called them beastly names, and after putting them all in jeopardy fell on a chair and went to sleep. He awoke very excited, and crossing the room thrust his fist in her face. She called for assistance and he desisted, but afterwards came up to her and aimed a violent blow at the back of her neck, which was fortunately warded off by her daughter. Witness and all the inmates of the house west in fear of their lives. He took up a poker and said he would do for them. Hie conduct was often similar to that on the present occasion, and he had more than once threatened to poison all the people in the house. Mrs. Nancy Brewer having corroborated this statement, Louisa Lancashear, an intelligent girl, said her father came home drunk and went to sleep on a chair. He woke up and abused her mother, and would have struck her on the head had not she prevented him. He said he would do for her. Mr. Tyrwhitt, after animadverting on the defendant's conduct, said he was sorry to see a man in his position in life placed at the bar of a police court charged with such an offence. The case, however, did not appear to him of a vindictive nature, and he should order defendant to find one bail in £lO for his good behaviour to his wife for six months. THAMES. STEALING GOODS IN TRANSIT.—Henry Dagwell and James West, lightermen, were brought before Mr Partridge, charged with breaking open a case and stealing 5 pieces of calico therefrom. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, prosecuted on behalf of the steam-tug and lighterage company, who he said were exten sive carriers, and had been losers to a large amount by the dishonesty of servants, who were well paid, and had no the flimsy excuse for dishonesty of insufficient wages. The prisoner West was in the employ of the company as a lighterman. Bagwell was formerly in the service of the company in the same capacity. West had been recently in charge of one of the company's barges, called the Spring, which was laden with hardware, Manchester goods and other property intended for shipment. That charge was in the East India Export Dock yesterday. About half past 5 o'clock in the evening the prisoner Dagwell was about to pass out of the dock when a constable named Edward Knight observing he was rather bulky etopped him, and asked him what ha had about him and what ship he had just left. The pri soner said " Why do you want to know ?" Tne constable touched the prisoner in the ribs, and said " What have you here ?" The prisoner answered, " That is my business." Knight took the prisoner into custody, and, upon searching him, found two new pieces of calico, measuring 40 yards each round his body. The value of the calico was £3. The prisoner was asked where he lived, to which he replied that he had no fixed place of residence. He was taken to the station house, and there gave his address, No. 3, Wright's-court, Cotton-street, Poplar. Knight and another officer named Charles Douglas went to the place named, and while search ing it, West came there, inquired for Dagwell, and was taken into custody. West admitted that he was the lighterman of the barge Spring, in the East India ex port dock. The prisoner had no right to leave the barge while there were goods on board, end ought to have been there at the time he went to Dagwell's home. The cargo of the barge Spring was afterwards examined, and a case of Manchester goods was found to have been broken open, and several pieces of calico, each measuring 40 yards, were missing. On searching the cabin of the barge three pieces of the stolen calico were found under West's sleeping berth. Those were the principal incidents of this case ; and atter he had called his witnesses he should ask for a remand, to enable him to send to Manchester for witnesses to identify the goods. Witnesses were then called in verification of Mr. Charles Young's statement. Mr. John Francis Smith, manager of the Thames Steam Tug and Lighterage Company, said the calico of the barge Spring was exclusively under the control of the prisoner West. Mr. Gomm, for the prisoners, cross-examined the wit nesses, and said he should reserve the defence. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoners for a week, MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to day the arrivals of English wheat were small, but the general quality of the produce was good. Both for red and white qualities the demand ruled inactive at the rates current on Monday. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was by no means extensive. Most descriptions were in limited request; Nevertheless previous quotations were supported. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at late rates. Good and fine malting barley ruled firm at fully late rates. Other descriptions met, however, a slow sale, yet no change took place in their value. The malt trade was dull, and prices had a drooping tendency. The supply of oats on sale was somewhat extensive. A moderate business was transacted in moat descriptions at Monday's quotations, Beans sold steadily, and - prices ruled firm. The supply on offer was but moderate. Peas were in fair average request at full quotations. The flour trade was by no means active, yet prices ruled stationary. ARRIVALS THIS WREIC. Wheat, Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English.— 1,950 1,330 1,510 2,670 j 1,120 , - Fore h ign— .... 6,210 530 .-1 11,990 I 320 elm 323 brio. BOROUGH HOP. On the whole the trade is fine, and prices are well main- tained. ViHITECITAPEL. The supply of meat on sale here is moderate, and the trade rules inactive as follows : Beef, from 25 6d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; lamb, 6s to 7s; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 3d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Sibs by the caroaso, LITERATURE. Nimmo' s ShakBpere. The first of a series of seven " shilling parts," (each part, judging from this one, of more than 250 pages, seven parts, which are intended to comprise within them the whole of the works of William Shakspere)—has here made its appearance. The initial instalment of the work now before us contains (for a shilling) The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado about Nothing, and Love's Labour Lost—all of these complete, and together with these the opening scenes in Midsummer Night's Dream. The edition (notwithstanding its many rivals just now) is so good and so cheap that it is tolerably certain, we should think, of a large, and therefore remunerative, circulation. Minchmoor. By Dr. John Brown. Edmonstone and Ihuglas. Another of those relishing little essays by which Dr. John Brown has built up for himself within the last few years so delightful a reputation. Minch moor, however, is hardly " up" to the last of its predecessors. It is certainly not to be mentioned in the same breath with "Rab and his Friends" — the best of the whole bunch. Post•ofce London Directory for the Counties of Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Bucking ham, Berks, and Oxford. Kelly and Co., Oid Boswell-court. The tbird edition of the Post-office Directory for the six counties above enumerated, produced under the editorship of E. R. Kelly, M.A., is much in advance of its predecessors, and, as far as we have been enabled is a marvel of correctness. Several importantable dtote st it, additions have been made to the information usually contained in directories, while is the volume under notice lists of Hundreds and Poor Law Unions have been included in the topo graphy of each county, and it is stated under each parish in what Hundred, Union, and County Court District it is situated. The Post-office Savings Banks have been noticed, the names of the parish clerks are given under each parish, lists of farm bailiffs of gentlemen farming their own land, have been added, and the new lines of railway have been laid down in the county maps attached to each division of the book, corrected down to the present date. In order to guard against any inaccuracy, proof sheets of the work have been submitted to all the prominent persons in the respective places men tioned, and thus, while we have a volume that adds much to the reputation of the M essrs . K e ll y, we have one that can be implicitly relied upon. The Universal Newspaper and Periodical List. This very useful little volume has just been published by Mr. Watson, of Brydges-street. It contains a list of all the newspapers, with their politics, prices, etc., published throughout the king dom, also a similar catalogue of all the weekly, monthly, quarterly, magszines and periodicals, together with a list of all the foreign and colonial newspapers. To those requiring information of the abovedescription the book will be found exceedingly useful. Consumption Arrested by the Turkish Bath. Hardwicke, Piccadilly. This is a reprint of the report of Dr. Leared, first published in the Lancet, preceded by directions and observations for the construction of Turkish Baths for medical purposes by David Urquhart, Esq. No one, it will be admitted on all hands, has stood up so valiantly or more successfully in defence of the Turkish Bath, both as a curative and a luxury, than Mr. Urquhart, and the pleasure of seeing the blind prejudices which formally existed against it melting away, must be heightened by the fact that heat, administered as he directed, has been found remarkably successful in conquering one of the direst foes to the human frame, viz., consumption. The little volume now before us gives plain direc• tions for the economical construction of hDt air baths similar to those which at present exist in Jermyn-street, but of course not in so costly a style, Speaking of consumption, Mr. Urquhart remarks in his introduction— Consumption is a modern disease. It was no more known formerly in England than it is known to-day in countries whobe habits resemble those of England formerly, even when there is no bath. There can be, therefore, no greater error than to suppose that the lungs are wasted by climate,—nor, consequently, that change of climate is a remedy for consumption. Atter the disease has made progress, relief may be so afforded. It is a chance, an incident, and no more. Such relief is, however, within the reach of a fraction only of the sufferers. Those who are so favoured by fortune as to be able to change their abodes, are at the present moment only flying from effective means of restoration which are now to be found at home. The report of Dr. Leered contains many very start ling instances in which the bath has been pecu liarly sues:woeful in arresting the ravages of con sumption, and the eminent physician concludes his paper with the following remarks In a disease which condemns so many to prolonged suf fering and death, and in which we have been powerless to save, a treatment cannot fail to be welcome which as an agent of cure promises so well, and which has been at least proved greatly to alleviate suffering. If it, unfortu nately, fell to ray lot to be affected by phthisis, I should give the hot-air bath the fullest trial. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. (From the Registrar-General' s W ee kl y R e t urn .) The London in the week that ended deaths last Saturday registered werel ,397 .. previous years. The average num ber for the twelfth week of ten 1854-63, is, with a correction for i ncrease of popu lation, 1,449; and the actual return is less than the calculated number by 52, S ma l lpox fatal in 11 cases ; measles, •,,, • hich exhibits an in crease, 37 ; diphtheria in 5 ; whooping-cough in 4 ; scarlatina n 65 ; in and typhus in 47. Six fatal cases of scarl atina occ urred in the Kensington 4 i Town subdistrict; 6 from meas l es, an d 6 from whooping -cough in Islington. The num ber of deaths referred to phthisis is 158 ; to bronchitis 202 ; which is nearly the same as the number of the previous week. More than half of the deaths from phthisis occurred in the period of life 20-40 years, while nearly half of those from bronchitis occurred in the period 60- 80 years. Fifty out of 88 deaths from pneumonia happened to inmates under 2 Years of age. On the 22dtinst. the wife of a cabman, aged 51 years, was found dead in Lower-street, Islington, from " syn cope produced by excitement and want of food/ On the 20th inst., an oilman, aged 79 years, died in the workhouse, whit e ehapel, from " effusion into the ventricles of the brain, accelerated by expo sure and cold." On the 21st instant, at 32, Angel-gardens, Shad well, a dock labourer, aged 42 years, was found dead from " inflammation of the lungs, accelerated by exposure and want of necessaries." Two infants and two adults died . by murder or manslaughter ; three per sons by intemperance. Seven nonagenarians died, the two oldest of whom were respectively 96 and 97 years of age. Last week the births of 974 boys and 923 girls— in all 1,897 children—were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1854. 63 the average number (corrected) was 2,063. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 569 in. The reading rose to 29 . 88 in. on Thursday, and fell to 29.39 in. on Saturday. The mean tempe rature of the air in the week was 40'4 deg., which is 1.7 deg. below the average of the same week in forty-three years (as determined by Mr. Giaisher). After Sunday the mean daily temperature was below the average till the and of the week. The highest day temperature was 57.6 deg. on Sunday. The lowest night temperature was 26.9 deg. on Thursday. The range of tempera ture in the week was therefore 30 . 7 deg. The mean daily range was 17'5 deg. On three nights the thermometer fell below the freezing point of water. The difference between the mean dew-point tempera ture and air temperature was 5.1 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 82, complete saturation being represented by 100. On the first four days the wind was in the north-east. There was no rain, except 0.04 in., which fell on Satur day. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 45.7 deg., and that of the loweFt was 43-5. Course of the Exchange.—Yesterday. kmaterdam Ditto ..... 3 Month!. 11 19 11 19/ Rotterdam Antw erp .......... B rus sels H am burgh Paris Ditto Nlarseilles Frankfort on Maine ..... 119 k ' 119/ Vi e nna ••••••""" 12 10 12 15 T r i e ste Peters b u rgh Berlin .............. _ M a drid ......... ... 48 48t Cadiz .............. —47 i Leghorn ............ 25 67± 25 72k Milan .... . ..... • ... 25 67± 25 72± Genoa ........ . ..... 25 67k 25 72± Naples ............. 25 67± 25 72± 25 70 25 75 P a lermo .......... .. . 25 70 25 75 M es sina ............ 62 52t Lisbon .............. Oporto...- • ........ 521 62t Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9 Mex i ca n Dollars .......... ... 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) The Hon. C. A. Murray, H. B. M. Minister in Saxony, has.transmitted to the Mayor of Sheffield £47 Ss. sterling, collected among the British resi dents in Dresden, for the relief of the sufferers by the Bradfield inundation. MALTA, March 24.—The following naval movements have taken place :—On Friday her Majesty's ship M ag i. ciennne, 16, Capt. . Armytage, and the Royal Oak, 35, iron-cared ship, Capt. F. A. Campbell, arrived from the lonian Islands with large quantities of ordnance stores; and en Sunday the Gibraltar, Si, Capt. s Prevost, came from Corfu in two days, similarly loaded. The Magicienne lett Corfu on the 9th inst., calling at St. Maura and Ithaca for stores, and bringing Lady Hotham as passenger. The Royal Oak left Corfu on the 16th, and came here direct — passenger, Lieut. C. D. Inglis, R.N. On the 18th the Cos sack, 20, Capt. W. R. Rolland, left on return to Corfu, and on the following day the Surprise, 4, Commander W. H Whyte, arrived fram Benghazi and Marsa-Souzah—pas3en ger, Lieut. Drew, R.N. This vessel has been attending on the chartered steamer Fanny Lambert, while the repairs were being made to the Malta and Alexandria telegraph The iron screw troopship Dromedary, 2, Master-Com. A. Brown, arrived on Tuesday from England and Gibraltar on her way to Corfu. The Magicienne left yesterday, it is be lieved, for Corfu. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. itailwayo. 1864. 1863. ' 1864. 1863. £ 4 Belfast and N, Counties 136 136 . 1,865 1.903 Belfast and County Down 49 49 ' 670 628 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,963 1,698 Bristol and Exeter 1214 1214 5,611 6,462 Caledonian Cockermouth & Working - ton Bi 84 262 245 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 312 312 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 64 123 163 Cork and Youghal .. 324 324 442 38.5 Cornwall 653 534 1,600 1,265 Deeside l7 17 204 276 Dublin & Bell ast Junction Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,377 1.447 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 914 484 2,060 1,501 Edinburgh and Glasgow 173 1694 7,621 8.047 Furness, &o 5O 5) 3 , 261 2,766 Glasgow & South-Western Gt.Eastern,Nrik., &E.Union Great Northern 353 351 31,103 27,642 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,596 2.073 Li t. A orthu. & Wes tn. (Irel.) 714 714 549 473 r it.Southn. & Westn.(lrlud.) 3733 329 7,112 7,708 Great Western 10564 10563 58,090 55.632 Inverness & Aberdeen June 863 b 63 925 960 Inverness & Perth Junction 1194 - 930 - Irish North-Western 145 145 1,378 1,791 Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 3954 35,480 30,770 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 192 188 Limerick and Foynes 264 265 95 116 Llanelly 461 46f 605 550 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 61 1,732 1,651 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 261 2503 15,203 14,380 London, Chatham, & Dover 72 724 4,301 2 563 Do. Metropolitan Extension 103 54 1100 310 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend - Nlan.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh - - - Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 04 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 640 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2594 2594 Monkland 714 714 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 North British, Edin., Perth 19,164 12,848 1,295 3,082 1,531 1,204 2,055 1,954 44,176 14,426 4,731 4,5 :5 1,601 1,521 2,741 2,432 and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart 1095 North London 9 North Staillardshire 254 Oswestry and Newton 5O Rhymney l9 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South-Eastern . 306 Taff Vale 57 Ulster los} Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 321 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 4101 10791 9 254 11,508 10.906 61,971 17.107 3,572 2,901 8,705 7,709 1,156 911 975 964 2,128 1,978 4,850 4,607 4,720 4,695 138 39i 75i 306 104 10 251 31 West Cornwall 271 W. Hartlepool Harbr.&RaiL W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 Whitchaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B Belgian Eastern .1 unction 26 Bombay, Baroda, & Ccn. India 185/ Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l/ Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish lOB/ Eastern Bengal Eastern of France East Indian . Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula 553 Great Luxembourg 124 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 651 Northern of Canada ..... 91 Northern of France 697 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 Paris and Orleans 1614 Pernambuco 77e Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B South Austrian Southern of France 770 Victorian 196 , 634 363 3.340 3,210 13,166 17,026 6,943 4,499 2,334 2.172 177 150 2,652 2,035 244 328 974 1,202 700 700 3,8,5 3,374 70 653 1,125 771 1,052 709 1,2:9 1,128 33,001 32,750 48} 1713 1494 1468 680 196 303 268 3,503 1,939 2.265 2.118 4,555 3,699 4,489 3,789 1,6 IL 929 60,, 89 51,466 23,972 13,995 18,001 18,537 12,693 9,411 4,297 4,408 429 613 14,533 14,321 3,96) 3.577 16,452 16,2 7 2,219 1,960 1,021 831 440 202 127,770 123,840 84,937 59,577 1,263 1,314 1,647 562 1,443 1,498 50,589 49,337 25,416 23,073 8,923 8,767 A curious case has just come before the Correc tional Tribunal of Chinon (Indre-et-Loire). MM. T— and C, wine dealers, of Bordeaux, were tried on a charge of having fraudulently endeavoured to compel M. Foucqueteau to receive a quantity of wine under pretext that it had been ordered by his father. It appeared from the statement of counsel, that C— arrived at Chinon on Nov, 2 last, a few hours after the sudden death of M. Fouc quetein, president of the Tribunal of that town, and that he determined to take advantage of that circum stance to effect the sale of a quantity of wine, by pretending that M. Foucqueteau had ordered it just before his decease. He accordingly addressed the following letter to his partner at Bordeaux:—" I send you my orders No. 72, 73, and 74; I have not yet finished at Chinon. Remember that, as to No. 72, it is a second edition of the order at Angierss l On the following day T— sent off a quantity of wine amount ing to 1,339 fr. and at the same time he wrote to Mr. Feucqueteau a letter containing the bill, and expressing his hope that the wine would give satisfaction. As the letter arrived when M. Foucqueteau, jun., was in great distress on account of his father's death, no attention was paid to it, but when the wine arrived a week later, he refused to receive it, and after examining his father, and making inquiries among his friends, ho became convinced that the order had never been given. Several letters passed between him and the defendants, but as they contained state ments which he knew to be false, he persisted in his refusal, and commenced proceedings against them. In court, C— admitted that no order had been given, and expressed his regret that he had yielded to a momentary impulse, though he could not see that he had done anything very wrong. The president, after expressing his astonishment at hearing such an opinion uttered by a person who wished to be thought a respectable man of business, asked the defendant what be meant by saying in his letter of the 2d November that the order No. 72 was a second edition of the order at Angers." The defendant C---- replied :—" Two years ago I met a commercial traveller who told me that when at Angers he happened to see a grand funeral pass along the street, and finding that the deceased was a man of great property whose fortune would all go to distant relations, he determined to send a good lot of wine to him under pre tence that ho had been ordered. The wine was received by the heirs of the deceased, who paid for it and became excellent customers from that time. The recollection of this fact induced him to try the same trick on M. Foucqueteau." He deolined giving the traveller's name The President remarked that it would be to the defendant's interest to give the name, as from the manner in whch he alluded to the order in the letter of Nov. 2, it would seem that the defendant himself had played the trick at Angers. The defendant denied this, but persisted in his refusal to name the traveller. The other defen dant declared that he at first considered the order genuine, but soon afterwards learned that it was not so The Public Prosecutor pressed for a conviction against both defendants, but admitted that T- was less to blame than the other. The Tribunal having declared the charge proved against both defendants, condemned C- to a fortnight's imprisonment with 200 fr. fine, to a week's imprison ment with 100 fr. fine, and both conjointly to the costs. A petition signed by 13 Arabs residing at El- Arronch and neighbourhood (province of Constantine) has been addressed to the Senate, praying for the applicaticn of French justice in their country. The petition ers state that the Emperor Napoleon the Third, in his Speech on opening the Chambers, recognised them as his subjects, and that what they most desire from French civilisation is the inviolable and sacred guarantee which protects the respective rights of all French subjects. The French laws, they say, form a precise and regular Code, and every man knows his rights, and what reparation he can obtain for a violation of them. The peti tioners then point out that the Arab laws are founded on customs which at present differ in almost every tribe, so that the people live in continual uncertainty. A bill has been introduced by her Majesty's Government for the extension of the Factory Acts to certain trades not included in the previous acts, but in which children, young persons, and women are employed. The trades which it is now proposed to include within the provisions of the Factory Act are the following :-1. The manufacture of earthenware, except bricks and tiles, not being orna mental tiles. 2. The manufacture of lucifer matches. 3. The manufacture of percussion caps. 4. The manufac ture of cartridges. 5. The employment or paper staining. 6. The employment of finishing, haching, lapping, making up, or packing any yarn, or any mixtuf e of them, or any yarn or cloth, or any other material or material warehouses, or in those of finishers, or in those of makers up and packers. 7. The employment of fustian cutters. The following are the main provisions of the bill :—The Fac tory Acts shall be incorporated with this act, and shall apply to the several manufactures and employments mentioned in the first schedule, with the qualifications and subject to the additions thereinafter mentioned :-1. The term " factory" to have the same meaning as in the Factory Acts. 2. During the first six calendar months next ensuing the passing of this act, children of not less than 11 years of age may be employed for the same time, and subject to the same conditions, for and subject to which you n g p ersons exceeding 13 years of age may he employed in pursuance of the said Factory Acts. 3. During the first 30 calendar months next ensuing the passing of this ac t, children ot not less than 12 years of age may be employed for the same time, and subject to the same conditions, for and subject to which young persons exceeding 13 years of a ge may be employed in pursuance of the said Factory Acts. 4. In the manufacture of lucifer matches, no child, young person, or woman shall be allowed to take his or her meals in any part of the factory where any manufacturing process (except that of cutting the wood) is usually carried on; and any child, young person, or woman who is allowed to take his or her meals in any part of the factory in con travention of the said provisions shall be deemed to be em ployed contrary to the provisions of the Factory Acts. 5. In the employment of fustian cutting, no child shall be al lowed to commence work until the attainment of the age of 11 years; and any child who is allowed to commence work in the employment of fustian cutting before the said age of 11 years shall be deemed to be employed contrary to the said Fishery A eta. 6. During the first 18 calendar months next ensuing the passing of this act, so much of the said Factory Acts as provides that during any time allowed for meals no child, young person, or woman shall be employed or allowed to remain in any room in which any manufacturing process is carried on, and that all the young persona employed in a factory shall have the time for meals at the same period of the day, shall not apply to the employment of paper stain Lug or to the manufacture of earthenware. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. NORTHAMPTON RACES--THis DAY. HANDICAP PLATE OF 50 SOVS. Airedale Tailor Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOVS. Brioche Lady Egidiae Pirate RACING STAKES. Outlaw Sea Boy Dispute Four ran. LATEST BETTING. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 4to 1 agst Soapstone (taken) 6to 1 agst My Mary (taken), Bto 1 agst Souruise (taken) 10 to 1 agst Templar (taken) 12 to 1 agst Suburban (taken) CHESTER Ctir. 100 to 7 agst Change (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 50 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) THE DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Cambusean (taken) 100 to 7 agst Forager (taken) 30 to 1 agst Ely (taken) LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MARCH 28. Notice is hereby given that her Majesty's birthday will be celebrated on Tues ay, the 24th of May next. FOREIGN OFFICE, MARCH 29. NOTIFICATION OF ISLOCE.A.DE. It is hereby notified, that Earl Russell, K.G., her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Copen hagen, stating that a notification from the Ministry of Marine, dated the 22d inst., appeared in the official paper of the 23d inst., stating that the Island of Fehmern is de clarediin a state of blockade. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Winston J. Trowbridge as Consul of Barbadoes for the United States of America. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAR= 29. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Richard F. Morrison, from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Colvin, who exchanges—Cornet Richard James Streatfield to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Booth, who re tires—George Osborn Springfield, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, \ice Streatfield. Ist Dra.- ' oons—Lieutenant William Lawrence Twentyman. to be Captain, by purchase, vice Richard Molesworth, who retires—Cornet Allan Maclean to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Twentyman. 14th Hussars—Cornet George Staunton Lynch-Staunton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Alexander Price Talbot, who retires—The Hon. John St. Vincent Saumarez to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lynch- Staunton. ,7th Lancers—Comet Joseph Devonsher Jackson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Sandys Browne, who retires—Edward Stanley Ohre, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Jackson. Royal Artillery—Surgeon James Macmillan Scott Fogo, having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Sur geon Major, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign Hutchison Posnett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alexander Bruce Tulloch, promoted. by purchase, in the 96th Foot—Ensign Arthur Fishe, from the 15th Foote, to be Ensign, vice Posnett. 2d Foot—Bernard Arthur Beale, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry William Thompson, who retires. 3d Foot—Ensign Henry Drinkrow Harrison to be Lieute • nant, by purchase, vice William Pitt Butts, who retires —Henry Brian Buchanan, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur- chase, vice Harrison. 4th Foot—Lieutenant Stephen Weston Bent to be Captain, by purchase, vice James Constable, who retires—Ensign John Edmund Sinclair to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brent—Ensign John Thomas Carruthers, from the 78th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Sinclair. 7th Foot—Captain William Butterworth Colvin, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Morrison, who exchanges. Bth Foot—Lieutenant John William Hughes to be Captain, by purchase, William Raymond Ximenes, who retires— Ensign Marmaduke Stourton to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Hughes—Robt. Garnett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stourton. 9th Foot—Reginald Heber Blunt, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Malet, transferred to the 39th Foot. 15th Foot—Edward James Singleton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arthur Fishe, transferred to the Ist Foot. 23d Foot—Captain the Hon. Savage Mostyn to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Gubbins, made Supernumerary on appointment as As sistant Adjutant • G eneral at Malta—Lieutenant John Keat S. Henderson to be Captain, without purchase, vice the Hon. Savage Mostyn—Ensign George Wildes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Henderson. 27th Foot—Lieutenant Aiskew Clay to be Adjutant, vice Robert B. R. Glasgow, who resigns that appoint ment. 34th Foot—Ensign Joseph Edward Saville to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, Rupert Inglis Cochrane, de ceased—Evelyn Arthur Rich, Gent„ to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Savill. 39th Foot—Ensign Henry Frederick Gaubert to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Thomas R. Gosselin, who re tires—Ensign Alexander George William Malet, from 9th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Gaubert. 50th Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Barker to be Adju tant, vice Lieutenant Edmund Leach, who resigns that appointment. 52d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Keyworth to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alexander Hope Graves, who retires— Ensign Henry Lyttleton Powys to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Keyworth—Ensign Metcalfe Studholme Brownrigg, from 83d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Powys. 58th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edward Foster to be Cap tain, by purchase. vice Henry Turner, who retires— Ensign Richard Pearson Crozier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Foster—William Fryer Daniel Dickinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crozier. 76th Foot—Captain James Nicholas Colthurst, from 83d Foot, to be Captain, vice O'Connor, who exchanges. 78th Foot—Ronald Mackintosh, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John Thomas Carruthers, transferred to 4th Foot: 83d Foot—Captain Luke Edward O'Connor, from 76th Foot, to be Captain, vice Colthurst, who exchanges— Edward Arthur Butler, Gent., to be Ensign , by purchase, vice Metcalfe Studholme Brownrigg, mus- ?erred to '62d Foot. 96th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Bruce Tulloch, from Ist Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Frederiok Henni- ker, who retires. 105th Foot—Alexander Davidson, Gent., late Riding Master in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, to be Paymaster. 2d West India Regiment—Lientenant•Colonel Thomas Hardwick Smith has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. 3d West India Regiment—Captain and Brevet-Major James Leith, from half-pay, late 2d Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Mathew Smith Blyth, who retires upon temporary half.pay—Lieutenant John Francis Henry Harrison to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Leith, who retires—Lieutenant Edward Douglas Jones to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant John Moore, who re- signs the appointment. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Staff-Surgeon John William Moatyn, M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Staff Surgeon- Major, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858. Assistant-Surgeon Henry Knaggs, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Macartney, deceased. To be Staff Assistant-Surgeons from Sept. 30, 1863, such antedate not to carry pay prior to Feb. 7, 1864 ;—Robert Win. Troup, M.B—Wm. R. Kynsey, Gent—Robert Wm: Lawless, Gent—James F. Beattie, M.D—Robert J. B. Cunynghame, M.D—Alex. Thomson, M.D —Alex. Turner, M.D—Alex. F. Preston, M.B—Richard Wm. Forsayeth, Gent—John P. De G. Delmege, M.D—Charles MacDonogh Cuffe, Gent—Valosius S. Gouldabury. M.D—John Alex. Shaw, M.D—Charles Haines Gent—Forbes Dick, M.D — Hopetoun C .Collier, Gent—John E. Barker, M. B —Joseph R. Greenhill. Gent—Hubert R. Greene, Gent—Robert H. Bolton. Gent —Philip P. Lyons, M.B—Edmund H. Condon, M.D—James Barker, Gent—Charles A. Atkins, Gent—Wm. P. Smith, Gent—George Fearon, Gent-- Christopher J. Weir, M.B—Francis Howard, 11,D—. Frederick J. Byrne, Gent—Wm. Elgee, Gent—Thomas White, M.B MILITARY STORE DEFARTMENT.—Deputy Assistant. Superintendent of Stores J. M. Lloyd, has been permitted to resign his command. BREVET. Tpromotions to take pl ace consequent on the e undermentioneddeathof itlaj oreneral Edward H arvey, on 11th March, 136 4 : Brevet- Co l one l Mark Kerr Atherley. Li eutenant -C o l onel, h on half-pay, lat e 92nd Foot, to be Major -General. Major Richard 0. Francis Steward, upon half-pay, un attached, to be Lieutenant- Colonel. Captain Frederick William Craven Ord, Royal Artillery to he Major. The undermentioned officers having completed the qua lifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858, to be Colonels : Lieutenant-Colonel Neville Hill Shute, 64th Foot. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Browne, C. 8., 44th Foot. Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas Lightfoot, C. 8., 84th Foot. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im• portance in the gazette : William Welsh, Newt, B. T uek o ec n ra: t twl painter,eh a d r e fi a n l e g r e , r, li.i ngsland-road Euston-square Rochester William Brooks, currier, Norwich George Woodward, publican, Waverham George Stones, iron refiner, Cape, Staffordshire William Butler, coal agent Birmingham John Little, innkeeper, Baldock, Hertfordshire John Garrett, corn dealer, Birmingham Charles Bilham, grocer, Hickling, Norfolk Edward Briscoe, farrier, Tilston, Cheater Thomas Goodall farmer, tronishall, Stafford Edmund's Thomas R. R. Banuock, cor n dealer, Bury Berkshire Samuel Miles, twine manu f ac t ure r, Reading , .St. Thomas Gratton, pork butcher, Liverpool John Stanton, jun., butcher, Swayfield, Lincolnshire Henry Wood, static ner, Beeston, Nottingkara SCOTCH BAN'N.BUPTS. Hugh Fletcher, wine dealer, Greenock Jacob Frankenstein, merchant, Bowling-on-the-Clyde John H a milton, f lasher, Glasgow Williams A ngus bma l‘ l i Nd a Hicspbuhetetc,rbsbiosanokn., , t r e ,g a Gr c o acritseer gQW v g o e George Coull and Son, merchants, Ruthven - _ Owing to inc death of Admiral Penaud, Rear- Admiral d'llerbinghem has assumed the provisional oont.. wand of the eqoadron of evolutions in the Mediterrenong SSE I, V 1% F